sphere; counter for balls
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
god of war; (fig.) war hero
prime of one's life; stage of maturity
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
position; location; base; point; site
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
divining sticks; counting; calculation
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
tornado; hurricane; typhoon
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
episode; side story; story within a story; aside; anecdote
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
little finger; pinky; little toe
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
adverse circumstances; adversity
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic